Russia warns the West of consequences for asset confiscation
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Published at: 28/01/2024 04:01 PM
Russia will respond to any attempt by Western
countries to confiscate Russian property and assets abroad, the Eurasian country's Foreign Ministry said
Sunday.
“We have
said on more than one occasion that the unilateral coercive measures adopted
by Western countries against Russian overseas assets are illegal.
We have repeatedly pointed out that the confiscation of the
assets of the Russian Federation is illegal and violates the
basic principles and norms of international law, including the equal sovereignty of
States,” the ministry said, according to what was published by the Russian news agency RIA
Novosti.
In this regard,
the ministry added that such actions are “a flagrant usurpation of sovereign real
estate and a banal and blatant theft by a group of
States of the property of another”.
“At the same
time, countries of the “collective West” can be sure that
any attempt to confiscate Russian real estate, as well as other assets,
will inevitably involve an adequate and effective response,” the ministry said.
Mazo News Team